Dissolved and particulate organic carbon in hydrothermal plumes from the East Pacific Rise, 9°50'N

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 922-931

  Bennett, Sarah A ^a   Statham, Peter J ^a   Green, Darryl R H ^a   Le Bris, Nadine ^b   McDermott, Jill M ^c   Prado, Florencia ^c   Rouxel, Olivier J ^d,e   Von Damm, Karen ^c   German, Christopher R ^d  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; East Pacific Rise; Hydrothermal; Particulate organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BUOYANT PLUME; CARBON BUDGETS; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON FIXATION; CLOSE COUPLING; DIFFUSE FLOW; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EAST PACIFIC RISE; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IN-SITU; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL OXIDATION; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; OXYHYDROXIDES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PREFERENTIAL ADSORPTION; SEAFLOOR HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS;

ADSORPTION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BUOYANCY; DISPERSIONS; DISSOLUTION; SULFIDE MINERALS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ADSORPTION; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON FIXATION; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP SEA; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; VENTING; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80052091880     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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